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Welcome to the Fantasy Customs Blog!

Shoutout to Viking Bags!

5/7/2020

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Got my new super fresh and crispy backpack from Viking Bags @  www.vikingbags.com/ 
So far I'm blown away by the quality and fit of their AXE medium backpack!!! The Axe bag is almost turtle shell style!
I think it will be a great used for my camera bag to protect everything inside well just a weekend trip or day trip bag.
Want to see more viking bags products be sure to follow the links below
www.vikingbags.com/motorcycle-sissy-bar-bags.htm

​www.vikingbags.com/motorcycle-saddlebags.htm
4/12/2021
​We're excited to be workiing witjh Viking Bags / Viking Cycle to try out their products! We will come up with a review post once the product testing is done
Keep an eye out for updates
Check them out here
www.vikingcycle.com/
www.vikingbags.com/
 3/14/2016
 Hey everyone, 2016 is here and so are some new projects. Go ahead and check out the custom work page here on my website and that will shoot you to some videos of new custom projects that have been built. Along side with that you can get on my Youtube channel from there and subscribe to stay up to date with my new custom builds. the next one has been in the works for a little while and footage should be started in the next couple of weeks. We have New T-SHIRTS going for sale and you will be able to buy the here online and at my shop. Other than the new projects its just repairs and maintenance with alot of new faces in 2015 and already some new ones in 2016 now too. I will also have a few used bikes for sale coming up soon in the spring time so you can stay tuned for those as well if you're interested. Thanks for reading and cant wait to see what 2016 brings. Hopefully lots of nice riding weather and some great times.
If you have any questions or would like to see about some springtime work being done don't hesitate to contact me.
Ride safe everyone!
- Jesse

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Yes, my name is Jesse but that is not me in the picture above. (I am a guy) Sorry if I let anyone's hopes down.
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February 09th, 2015

2/9/2015

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We Are The Only Place!

1/23/2015

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Happy New Years fellow riders! A lot has changed in the last couple months. Nicolsons has finaly left the business and closed their doors leaving us at Fantasy Customs the only Powersports shop left in Washtenaw county! We are doing our best to stock all your regular maintence needs such as oil, filters, tires, and spark plugs. I can also order any of your parts and accessory needs. We are about to add more parts to our list of in stock items as spring approaches we want to carry batteries and chains as well as other small parts.

Theres a big change coming to Fantasy Customs soon as the shop is planning a move to a more accessible, larger shop in Chelsea this spring/early summer. I won't give anymore details yet as the move isn't set in stone quite yet.

This spring will no doubt be the most busy the shop has ever been and I am anticipating business to be booming. With that said please take note that you will want to make an appointment sooner rather than later as once spring is in the air the shop will already be full of early birds who want to have their bikes ready for the first sign of fair riding weather. This will leave the shop full and you stuck in their dust waiting for your turn. That wait could take anywhere from a week at best to a month or longer! We already know the season is short enough so make sure you don't miss out!

Everyone ride safe this year and make sure to go to fantasy customs for all your Powersports needs.

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Yamaha venture royal star

10/2/2014

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Recently we got a customer bringing a Yamaha venture roya star to Fantasy Customs after it had sat in a local garage for 6 years. Of course the last dealership who worked on it only "cleaned" the carbs of the bike. Low and behold they had made some rookie mistakes there and also charged big money to top off their "professional factory trained and certified service"

This service from the shop who's name I will let remain out of this but I'm sure everyone near the Ann Arbor area has heard of them since they have been around forever and are the only Powersports dealer in the area. Their service included not properly seating one of the cv boots inside the carbs as well as cracking two out of the four float bowls near the drain screw causing them to leak gas. Also I noticed on their work order it states they performed a compression reading on the front and rear cylinder giving only one psi reading for the front cylinders and one psi reading for the rear cylinders. That's right I said CYLINDERS with an s. Meaning more than one. In fact there are four cylinders on this big 1300cc motorcycle. Two cylinders in the front and two cylinders in the rear. If you did a compression reading on the motorcycle and for some reason only decided to do two of the four cylinders then you would still want to note which side cylinder on both front and rear of the engine you preformed this reading on. This was information provided to the customer that they were charged for and charged a significant amount for by the way. ($130) I'm sure the customer paid for all four cylinders to be tested and not only two of them.

The bill from this dealership:

With a the carbs being cleaned, brake fluid and engine oil changed, spark plugs and a new battery installed. The total bill came to $1066 only $148 of that were parts installed including a $88 battery, $12 spark plugs, $15 oil filter, $12 fuel filter $13 can of carb cleaner?(Yeiks!) and $8 for brake fluid. That leaves $900 of the bill to labor. If you plan to charge $900 to preform the work listed above on the given motorcycle you better truly be using certified mechanics. That is why people will pay $100 an hour For a dealerships service because they are supposed to have the best trained mechanics who they have to pay a decent wage to work at their dealership. Most people don't know that this dealership along with most of the other dealerships including car dealerships are all a bunch of liars and crooks when they clearly state: their technicians are factory trained and certified mechanics.

How they get away with it is beyond me but it's not fair at all to the customers. The dealership pays some kids $10 an hour to wrench when they are not certified and shouldn't be touching a customers bike unless maybe just pushing it into the shop. Then they lie to you and say the work was done by one of their professionals who's name may be on the work order they handed you and they feel justified charging you $100 an hour for the work done by the same kid who was just flipping burgers at mcdonalds a week ago and hardly was able to graduate high school. the dealerships are paying maybe $10-$15 an hour to these kids. Sorry to tell you but no, the mechanics name that is written on your work order is not the name of the kid who worked on your bike for $10 an hour.

Anyways enough with the rant about my poor customers getting ripped off before they found my shop. (Poor fellas) I have seen hundreds of these stories.

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After the much needed service from real professional who truly is a real trained and certified motorcycle mechanic here at fantasy customs the bike is back running 100% again. All ready to enjoy the open road and miles of smiles ahead. Maybe some cleaning needed before you stop at any bikes shows ;)

Where ever the winding road takes you always remember you can count on fantasy customs to have your back.

Enjoy the last of the warm Michigan weather this year!

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Wed, Jul 23, 2014

7/23/2014

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A customers 06' Gsxr in today for a new chain and set of new sprockets put on. Takes me back to when I used to own an 06 Gsxr, miss that bike! Ride safe everyone!

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Wed, Apr 16, 2014

4/16/2014

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Well its saturday already!

4/5/2014

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This week went fast! I did manage to slip in a couple quick pictures of some work though.
Below is a really nice Goldwing GL1800 getting worked on.
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early this week I also got the chance to change fork seals on a Harley Davidson Ultra Classic along with a brake fluid change. The new fresh fluid going is is Dot 5  brake fluid which is purple when its fresh.
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Spring is in the air!

4/2/2014

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some nice bikes on the lift these last few days and more to come!
I also got the chance to ride today which felt amazing and really made me want to get MY bike ready! haha.
Here are some pictures!
Enjoy!
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What color is your brake fluid? Make sure to change your brake fluid every other year to keep braking at peak preformance and keep rust and contamination out of your brake lines and calipers to help them last longer and have firmer braking power. The black fluid in the picture below is old dot 4 fluid needing a change.

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The above picture shows some of bad old brake fluid in horrible condition. Below is a picture of fresh brake fluid.

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Hey, This is the start of fantasy customs blog!

4/1/2014

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Hello,
My name is Jesse Porter.
Welcome to my blog. I am the operator of Fantasy Customs Motorcycle shop located on the east side of Chelsea, Michigan. I am starting this blog today on March 15th 2014. which so happens to be St. Patricks day.

This has been an awesome first 4 years of business and I am looking forward to starting out the 5th year with a bang! I started blogging to share my adventures of my Custom Shop with you. You see I have been riding and wrenching on motorcycles, dirtbikes, atvs, and much more since I could walk. Over the years I have developed my skills not only at home while growing up but also in my schooling. My motorcycle career started at a young age with fascination towards two wheels. This grew to taking classes at Washtenaw Community College while still in high school and this grew on to finish many classes and earn my certificate in motorcycle mechanics. I also at the same time took testing through the state of michigan to become a certified master motorcycle technician. After years of wrenching and working at a small electric scooter manufacturer in Ann Arbor, Mi. I then decided I wanted to offer a service that was superior compared to others offered anywhere around. Thus born Fantasy Customs.

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    Jesse @ Fantasy Customs 

    I build custom machines and this is a blog focused on anything that has to do with fantasy customs or anything related to fantasy customs.

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